Download or read book Maker Dad written by Mark Frauenfelder and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first DIY book to use cutting-edge (and affordable) technology in appealing projects for fathers and daughters to do together.
Download or read book Beginning Electric Bass written by David Overthrow and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for beginning bassist or players who want to enhance their knowledge. Starting with a review of reading music, this book explains the basics of music theory as it relates to being a great bass player with an easy, step-by-step approach. Before you know it, you'll be using major scales, triads and 7th chords to create cool-sounding bass lines for the most important chord progressions all bassists need to know. Learn to lock in with a drummer and the basics of blues and funk styles. Students, teachers and self-taught players alike will enjoy this thorough, easy-to-use method.
Download or read book Bluegrass Guitar written by Sid Griffin and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guitarskole.
Download or read book My Father s Guitar and Other Imaginary Things written by Joseph Skibell and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often comic, sometimes tender, profoundly truthful, the pleasure in these nonfiction pieces by award-winning novelist Joseph Skibell is discovering along with the author that catastrophes, fantasies, and delusions are what give sweetness and shape to our lives. “As a writer,” Skibell has said, “I feel about life the way the people of the Plains felt about the buffalo: I want to use every part of it.” In My Father’s Guitar and Other Imaginary Things, his first nonfiction work, he mines the events of his own life to create a captivating collection of personal essays, a suite of intimate stories that blurs the line between funny and poignant, and between the imaginary and the real. Often improbable, these stories are 100 percent true. Skibell misremembers the guitar his father promised him; together, he and a telemarketer dream of a better world; a major work of Holocaust art turns out to have been painted by his cousin. Woven together, the stories paint a complex portrait of a man and his family: a businessman father and an artistic son and the difficult love between them; complicated uncles, cousins, and sisters; a haunted house; and—of course—an imaginary guitar. Skibell’s novels have been praised as “startlingly original” (the Washington Post), “magical” (the New Yorker), and the work of “a gifted, committed imagination” (the New York Times). With his distinctive style, he has been referred to as “the bastard love child of Mark Twain, I. B. Singer, and Wes Anderson, left on a doorstep in Lubbock, Texas.”
Download or read book Music Theory You Can Use written by Steve Maase and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To those of us who love the guitar, music theory can seem somehow out of reach. It's a thing that some guitarists seem to just 'get,' and that others can't seem to get their heads around at all. Well, not anymore... This may be the first time you've heard his name, however Steve Maase has been a guitar legend in Albuquerque, New Mexico since the 1960's. He passed away on October 1, 2016, the morning after he finished writing this book. To those who knew him, Steve was arguably one of the most gifted and under-heard guitarists of his generation. But he is most remembered as a teacher who genuinely cared about his students. Steve gave nearly a hundred guitar lessons a week for more than 50 years and changed many of his students' lives in the process.
Download or read book A Perfectly Good Guitar written by Chuck Holley and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fine collection of [musician] stories . . . Photographs are rife with compelling details . . . Accounts and images pulse with affection and the love of music.” —Library Journal Ask guitar players about their instruments, and they’ll likely have a story—where the guitar came from, or what makes it unique, or why they will never part with it. Most guitarists have strong feelings about their primary tool, and some are downright passionate about their axes. Chuck Holley is a professional photographer and writer who loves music and listening to musicians talk about their trade. For several years, he has been photographing guitarists with their prized instruments and collecting their stories. This beautifully illustrated book presents these stories in revelatory photographs and words. The guitarists included in this book range from high-profile performers, including Rosanne Cash, Guy Clark, Laurence Juber, Jorma Kaukonen, J. D. Souther, Bill Frisell, Dave Alvin, and Kelly Willis, to renowned studio musicians and band members. Holley’s beautifully composed photographs portray them with their favorite guitar, including detail shots of the instrument. Accompanying the photographs are the musicians’ stories about the Gibsons, Fenders, Martins, and others that have become the guitar in their lives, the one that has a special lineage or intangible qualities of sustain, tone, clarity, and comfort that make it irreplaceable. Several musicians talk about how the guitar chose them, while others recount stories of guitars lost or stolen and then serendipitously recovered. Together, these photographs and stories underscore the great pleasure of performing with an instrument that’s become a trusted friend with a personality all its own.
Download or read book The Gospel According to Luke written by Steve Lukather and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The outrageous and often hilarious autobiography of legendary session musician and lead guitarist and singer of Toto. "...one of the most entertaining rock memoirs of recent years..." - Houston Press No one explodes one of the longest-held misconceptions of music history better than Steve Lukather and his band Toto. The dominant sound of the late ‘70s and ‘80s was not punk, but a slick, polished amalgam of rock and R&B first staked out on Boz Scaggs’ Silk Degrees. That album was shaped in large part by the founding members of Toto, who were emerging as the most in-demand elite session crew in LA, and further developed on the band’s self-titled multi-platinum debut. A string of massive hits followed for Toto while Lukather and bandmates David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, and Steve Porcaro also served as creative linchpins on some of the most successful and influential records of the era, including Michael Jackson’s Thriller. In this incisive memoir, Lukather tells the complete Toto story. He also lifts the lid on what went on behind the closed studio doors, shedding light on the unique creative processes of some of the most legendary names in music: from Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks, and Elton John to Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Roger Waters, and Aretha Franklin. Lukather’s extraordinary tale also encompasses the dark side of stardom and the American Dream. Frank, engaging, and often hilarious, The Gospel According to Luke is no ordinary rock memoir. It is the real thing.
Download or read book Guitar Lessons written by Bob Taylor and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inside story of the founding and growth of Taylor Guitars, one of the world's most successful guitar manufacturers Bob Taylor mixes the details of his experience as a tradesman and cofounder of Taylor Guitars, a world-famous acoustic and electric guitar manufacturer, with philosophical life lessons that have practical application for building a business. From the “a-ha” moment in junior high school that inspired his very first guitar, Taylor has been living the American dream, crafting quality products with his own hands and building a successful, sustainable business. In Guitar Lessons, he shares the values that he lives by and that have provided the foundation for the company’s success. Be inspired by a story of guts and gumption, an unwavering commitment to quality, and the hard lessons that made Taylor Guitars the company it is today.
Download or read book The Hofner Guitar written by Neville Marten and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book celebrates the glory years of Hofner, the company made famous by the Beatles' bassist Paul McCartney's use of their left-handed 1962 500/1 model. Beautifully illustrated in colour and black and white, the volume is packed with detailed information about classic Hofner guitars as well as interviews with Paul McCartney, David Gilmour, Ritchie Blackmore (of Deep Purple), Albert Lee, and others. The famous 'Memorabilia' chapter includes crisp reproductions of pages from the vintage Selmer catalogs (the UK's Hofner distributors and makers of high-quality guitar/bass amps and other instruments through 1993); a guide to dating Hofner guitars; and a wonderfully insightful interview with Christian Benker, the company's former managing director.
Download or read book Guitar Dad Guitar Dad s Notes written by Awesome Guitar Notebooks and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-18 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guitar Dad - Like A Regular Dad But More Awesome - Guitar Dad's Notebook Guitar Playing Dad Notebook Journal Diary Planner (Dot Grid Paper, 120 Pages, 6" x 9") Gift For Cool Classic Rock Music Dads - Perfect Gift Idea For Birthday & Christmas Guitar Dad Notebook - Like A Regular Dad But More Awesome - Still searching for funny guitarist guitar bass player father t-notebooks? Make a statement with this Guitar Dad design. Makes a perfect gift for the daddy guitarist, rock music guitar & bass player. This guitar dad design is a great birthday gift, Christmas gift and a perfect gift for every acoustic guitar playing daddy, bass musician papa, concert instrument lover father and husband guitar teacher. Perfect present for fathers day, birthday, Christmas. Guitar Dad notebooks & Gifts For Guitar Playing Dads. Guitar Dad Like A Regular Dad But More Awesome Guitar Dad.
Download or read book Barry Galbraith Guitar Solos written by Jim Lichens and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barry Galbraith was one of the best jazz guitarists of the 1950's. He was also a fine music reader who would write out his own arrangements of standards for his students. Both his playing and his writing are very straightforward. This book takes thirteen of Barry's rough, hand-written arrangements and adds chord symbols, left-hand fingering, and tablature. the companion CD was recorded by John Purse. Also included in the book are quotes about Barry from many other famous musicians, a 7-page article on Barry by his son Don, an obituary by George Russell, and numerous pictures of Barry at different times in his life.
Download or read book Across a Prairie Sky written by Karen Poirier and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellen is a 14 year old girl living on a farm in rural Manitoba at the beginning of the last century. When she was 7 years old her Dad told her that the beautiful Morgan mare that he'd just traded for a sow pig was hers. She can hardly believe it and after she enjoys an exhilarating ride around the pasture on the horse's back, she names the horse Nell and the love between girl and horse begins. Even though her parents struggle to pay the back taxes on their farm, they are still in jeopardy of losing it to auction and Ellen is terrified that Nell will be sold to pay for the overdue property taxes. Ellen dreams of faraway places and adventures with a longing only the young can understand but throughout the family's difficulties with keeping their farm, the trauma of caring for and losing their horses to a deadly disease and as she grows and leaves home she discovers that her roots are firmly planted with her family and in the rich texture of home life that she was raised in.
Download or read book Guitar Notes written by Mary Amato and published by Carolrhoda Lab ™. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On odd days, Tripp uses a school practice room to let loose on a borrowed guitar. Eyes closed, strumming that beat-up instrument, Tripp escapes to a world where only the music matters. On even days, Lyla Marks uses the same practice room. To Tripp, she's trying to become even more perfect—she's already a straight-A student and an award-winning cellist. But when Lyla begins leaving notes for him in between the strings of the guitar, his life intersects with hers in a way he never expected. What starts as a series of snippy notes quickly blossoms into the sharing of interests and secrets and dreams, and the forging of a very unlikely friendship. Challenging each other to write songs, they begin to connect, even though circumstances threaten to tear them apart. From beloved author Mary Amato comes a YA novel of wit and wisdom, both heartfelt and heartbreaking, about the power of music and the unexpected chords that draw us together.
Download or read book The Martin Taylor Guitar Method written by Martin Taylor and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Martin Taylor Guitar Method offers you the chance to study with one of the giants of jazz guitar. Hailed by guitar legend Chet Atkins as "One of the greatest and most impressive guitarists in the world today..." andcelebrated by New York's Jazz Times as "Europe's finest guitarist," Martin shares the secrets of his style for the first time in this amazing tutor. Learn how Martin creates solo guitar arrangements of jazzstandards via a series of progressive studies aimed at introducing guitarists ofintermediate level and beyond to the world of arranging and solo performance. All music examples are transcribed in standard notation withtablature and played by Martin himself on the accompanying audio. You won't get a better chance to study with one of the instrument's true masters! Includes access to online audio.
Download or read book Who I Am written by Pete Townshend and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Raw and unsparing...as intimate and as painful as a therapy session, while chronicling the history of the band as it took shape in the Mod scene in 1960s London and became the very embodiment of adolescent rebellion and loud, anarchic rock ‘n’ roll.” — Michiko Kakutani, New York Times One of rock music's most intelligent and literary performers, Pete Townshend—guitarist, songwriter, editor—tells his closest-held stories about the origins of the preeminent twentieth-century band The Who, his own career as an artist and performer, and his restless life in and out of the public eye in this candid autobiography, Who I Am. With eloquence, fierce intelligence, and brutal honesty, Townshend has written a deeply personal book that also stands as a primary source for popular music's greatest epoch. Readers will be confronted by a man laying bare who he is, an artist who has asked for nearly sixty years: Who are you?
Download or read book Guitar Dad Like A Regular Dad But More Awesome Guitar Dad s Notebook written by Awesome Guitar Notebooks and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guitar Dad - Like A Regular Dad But More Awesome - Guitar Dad's Notebook Guitar Playing Dad Notebook Journal Diary Planner Gift For Cool Classic Rock Music Dads (6" x 9", 120 Pages, Graph Paper) Perfect Gift Idea For Birthday & Christmas Guitar Dad Notebook - Like A Regular Dad But More Awesome - Still searching for funny guitarist guitar bass player father t-notebooks? Make a statement with this Guitar Dad design. Makes a perfect gift for the daddy guitarist, rock music guitar & bass player. This guitar dad design is a great birthday gift, Christmas gift and a perfect gift for every acoustic guitar playing daddy, bass musician papa, concert instrument lover father and husband guitar teacher. Perfect present for fathers day, birthday, Christmas. Guitar Dad notebooks & Gifts For Guitar Playing Dads. Guitar Dad Like A Regular Dad But More Awesome Guitar Dad.
Download or read book The Telecaster Guitar Book written by Tony Bacon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new version of Tony Bacon's Six Decades of the Fender Telecaster shows how the world's first commercially successful solidbody electric guitar still attracts musicians more than 60 years since its birth in California. Today, it is more popular than ever and for many guitarists has overtaken the Stratocaster as the Fender to own and play. The Tele is the longest-lived solidbody electric, played by everyone from Muddy Waters to Keith Richards, from Radiohead to Snow Patrol. Its sheer simplicity and versatility are vividly illustrated here through interviews with Jeff Beck, James Burton, Bill Kirchen, John 5, and more. The book is three great volumes in one: a compendium of luscious pictures of the most desirable Teles, a gripping story from the earliest days to the latest exploits, and a detailed collector's guide to every Tele ever made. Packed with pictures of great players, collectable catalogs, period press ads, and cool memorabilia, The Telecaster Guitar Book is the one Tele book that all guitar fans will want to add to their collection.
